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SINCE LEICESTER CITY are reportedly £74 million in debt while Walsall have recorded profits for 11 straight years, it is ironic that Walsall play an ambitious, risky and careless brand of football, while Leicester’s tactics rely on discipline, organisation and prudence.

A sell-on clause inserted when Walsall sold Michael Ricketts to Bolton Wanderers means that the forward’s transfer to Middlesbrough will net the club £420,000 and may ensure another season in the black. Colin Lee, the Walsall manager, does not expect to see any of the money, but still hopes to bring in a loan signing soon. “We don’t buy